JGSW at WB Show?

[Clinton B Chase]

Is the J. Gardner Small Craft Event happening this year at the Show.

Thanks

[Thad]

I believe the answer is "Yes". How to register, etc, I have yet to see. The Mystic website says check back in early May (soon one would think as it is now May 6) for registration information. http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.c...15D418B3650B55

[Clinton B Chase]

Fantastic. I look forward to being part of it again.

[Ben Fuller]

Yup, it is happening. We have docks and the Australia beach and the run of the livery. We are setting up some clinics and demos. The registration material is in its final draft. We will be looking for some help aka voluteers to help in some workshops. There may be some SWAG for those that help.

So which boats do I bring. Dory and ducker? Faering and Harrier? Dory and Harrier? Harrier and ducker? Two trailers can go south.

[adampet]

Any chance of an agenda/schedule available ahead of time? It was a little hard to get info last year. No one around the Sea Port seemed to know much useful info.

We had access to the livery boats as part of JGSW?! I had no idea, I would have taken more advantage of that.

Thanks,
Adam

[Ben Fuller]

There will be a schedule; there will be PR etc. WB is fully on board and making it possible for everyone to have free access to all the livery boats for the boat show. Something new this year after discussion with WB. Bravo Zulu.

[Clinton B Chase]

Super! It sounds like it's going to be a great show. I'm looking forward to a break and just hanging out!

[adampet]

That sounds great! Thanks,
Adam

[Thad]

I just got this: (emailing Sarah Clement or Shannon McKenzie should get you the registration forms which should also be on the website, Sarah Clement <sarah.clement@mysticseaport.or or Shannon McKenzie <shannon.mckenzie@mysticseaport.or)

Welcome Participants
John Gardner Small Craft Workshop
Brought to you by TSCA, WoodenBoat and Mystic Seaport
June 29 – July 1, 2012

Mystic Seaport is partnering with WoodenBoat and Traditional Small Craft Association to host the John Gardner Small Craft Workshop as part of the WoodenBoat Show. Participants can both enjoy the Show and follow John Gardner’s example to show that traditional small craft are a practical and economical way to enjoy the water. The SCW will be based on the Australia Beach where a string of floats will be provided for our use. The workshop will include display of selected participant’s boats, shared use of participant’s boats at the discretion of the owner, demonstrations of small boat skills, a presentation on outfitting a small boat for safety, morning rows on Saturday and Sunday and guided access to the Mystic Boat storage area. This should be a great time to get together with like-minded traditional boat folks, to share our love and knowledge of traditional small craft with others and spend some quality time with friends new and old on the beach and underway. It is desired that all workshop participants volunteer to help out with one or more of these activities.
Please be sure to send in your registration form by June 20.

WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES
Display Boats:
We plan to have a variety of boats on display on land to show casual observers some of the various types of traditional small craft that can be used, both of traditional (mechanically fastened) construction and modern (glued) construction. These boats will be selected for display from the boats brought to the show by participants. These boats can also be used if the owner desires. We will need volunteers to man the TSCA booth and be on hand to answer questions about the boats. Each boat will have an 8.5” x 11” write up on the boat on a stand to be provided by Mystic near it with boat information on it (see SMALL CRAFT INFORMATION SHEET below).

BOAT TYPES EXPECTED TO BE ON DISPLAY
Boat Type Construction
Flat bottom skiff cross planked bottom
Flat bottom skiff plywood construction
Dory traditional construction
Dory plywood construction
Peapod traditional construction
Peapod plywood construction
Whitehall traditional construction
Whitehall plywood construction
Decked canoe traditional construction
Decked canoe plywood construction
Scandinavian double ender traditional construction
Scandinavian double ender plywood construction

Boats for Use:
These boats will be located on the beach or the floats at the Australia Beach and available for use by others at the boat owner’s discretion. We will need volunteers to oversee the use of the boats. PFDs should be worn when out on the water to be consistent with the boat house rules, so be sure to bring your PFD.

Mystic Seaport Boat House Livery:
WoodenBoat has made the Boat House Livery available for you to try out a variety of rowing and sailing craft at no charge. The boat house rental boats will be in operation during the Workshop but at no charge during the weekend so feel free to experience any or all of their beautiful collection of rowing boats. The boat house will operate independently from the Workshop with their own rules.

Demonstrations and Workshops:
Several workshops are planned and participants are invited to suggest ideas.
Topics will include: Rowing and feathering, sculling, rigging, reefing, capsizing, and outfitting for safety. We will need volunteers to give these demonstrations.
The Museum’s small craft collection will also be available for viewing at specific times.

Morning Row:
We will have a morning row starting from the Australia Beach on Saturday and Sunday morning at 9 am. One day we will do down river and the other we will go upriver. All workshop participants are invited to go on these rows; hopefully for those who do not bring boats to the workshop we will be able to find places for everyone on board a boat.

Mystic Seaport Small Boat Collection Tour:
Ben Fuller has offered to lead a tour each day into the boat storage area to see boats that are not available to the public. The time will be announced.

Gannon and Benjamin Tribute Dinner:
On Saturday night, WoodenBoat will have a dinner in the Boatshed honoring Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway. If you would like to attend this dinner, buy tickets through the WoodenBoat Store website by noon on June 22nd. Tickets will not be available on the day of the dinner.


WORKSHOP LOGISTICS

Check in:
Check in at the WoodenBoat Credentials Booth. It is located near the big anchor in the courtyard of the main entrance to Mystic Seaport. You will get a wristband that will give you access to the museum grounds for the weekend. Proceed to the TSCA booth at the Australia Beach (#12 on the map). If you are bringing a boat see the “Load in and out of boats” section below for times and access. We will need volunteers to staff the booth.

Load in and out of Boats:
(Be sure to check in at the credentials booth first)
Car Top Vessels:
You can drive onto the grounds of the Museum on Thursday 5-8pm, Friday from 6-9am and 6pm-8pm, Saturday from7-9am and Sunday from 5-10pm. Access is through the Galley Restaurant Gate. Due to activity around the Show, the Shipyard gate will not be available.
Trailered Vessels:
You can also load in at one of the Mystic town boat ramps. The most convenient is Isham Street, directly south of the Mystic Seaport shipyard. Please obey local regulations and do not park your trailer or vehicle on Isham Street.
Forklift Assistance:
There will be a forklift in the Shipyard on Friday morning 7:30-8:30am and Sunday afternoon 5-6pm to assist with launching and hauling. Your boat can be lifted by slings from the forklift, Mystic Seaport will provide the slings.
Trailer Parking:
Offsite Trailer Parking maps will be at the Credentials Booth. This is a very busy weekend for the Museum, so there can be no trailer parking allowed in Mystic Seaport parking lots.

Boats in the Water:
We will have floating dock space along the Australia Beach.

Boats on Land:
There will be land space adjacent to the Australia Beach and towards Lighthouse Point.

Lodging:
Bunks are available on CONRAD for Friday and Saturday nights. They are NOT available on Thursday night. Sign up for this on the registration form. The fee is $15/night. There can be no food or drink stored or consumed aboard CONRAD. Please bring your own bedding. It is available after 5pm on Friday, and there will be an orientation meeting onboard at 5:30pm on Friday.
There are many local hotels and a few campsites. We suggest you make reservations early to ensure availability.

Mystic Seaport photographs and videotapes:
Occasionally the Seaport will take photographs and videotapes of visitors while on its grounds for use in a variety of publicity and promotional materials and to advance our educational mission. We thank you for your cooperation and support.

Small Craft Information:
In advance of the Show, please write up a brief introduction to and history of your vessel including design and construction technique and print out on an 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper. See attached format. Stands will be provided to post the information.


SMALL CRAFT INFORMATION SHEET
(Print on one 8.5” x 11” piece of paper using #20 font size and bring with you)

Boat Name –
Boat Type –
Dimensions –
Weight -
Owner –
Available for Use by Participants – Yes or No
Builder –
Where Built -
Year Built –
Construction –
Additional Information -


SAMPLE

SMALL CRAFT INFORMATION SHEET

• Boat Name – “Barbara”
• Boat Type – Maine Coast Peapod
• Owner – David Wyman
• Available for Use by Participants – Yes or No
• Builder – Greenlaw
• Where Built – North Haven Island, Maine
• Year Built – 1930s
• Dimensions – 13’x 4’
• Weight – 150 lbs
• Construction – Plank on frame cedar planking, oak frames, rebuilt 1990 with new frames and fiberglassed outside to reinforce planking
• Additional Information – Double rowing positions, no sails

[Clinton B Chase]

Can't wait. I'd love to do an informal oar discussion looking at mine and the range of oars people have on hand and in the boat house.

What makes a god oar?

[Ben Fuller]

So the question is what boats to bring? The faering will likely be one, but would folks rather play with the Harrier or the Ducker?

[Russ Manheimer]

Ben,

I'd vote for the Ducker. I assume she's related to the Delaware Duckers? I've had some experience with Tuckups and would love to try a Ducker. I think I saw you in one at the Small Reach regatta a few years ago.

Russ

[Thad]

I think she IS a Delaware Ducker.

[Ben Fuller]

Yup, vintage 1978, first in the ducker revival.

[Ben Fuller]

In the old small craft workshop days we would have been pretty seriously wet and cold this weekend if Mystic weather is anything like we have in Maine right now. Who all is going?

[Clinton B Chase]

Ben, the Ducker for sure. Been wanting to sail it. I fondly remember by "Day with the Ducker" at the first SRR or maybe the 2nd.

I will have Drake with me but a couple orders may cause me to keep the new downwind sail rig home, unfinished. I'll certainly be rowing.

Looking fwd. to it.
Clint

[Ben Fuller]

Folks,

So far the response to the Small Craft Workshop has been less than stellar. Some thing less than what I can count on my fingers and toes. This does not reflect well on the little boat community. Are we all burned out? Are little boats irrelevant?

There will be some interesting boats there. Clint is certainly part of the mix; I will bring down the ducker and a dory; I will bring along 3 sprit rigs so we can explore the various ways of taming them.

Anyway, if you plan on coming and can even make it for just a day with your boat, please let MSM know. It will be quite a good time. We need to let folks know that ordinary people can own and have fun with little boats.

Ben

[essaunders]

Folks,

So far the response to the Small Craft Workshop has been less than stellar. Some thing less than what I can count on my fingers and toes. This does not reflect well on the little boat community. Are we all burned out? Are little boats irrelevant?

There will be some interesting boats there. Clint is certainly part of the mix; I will bring down the ducker and a dory; I will bring along 3 sprit rigs so we can explore the various ways of taming them.

Anyway, if you plan on coming and can even make it for just a day with your boat, please let MSM know. It will be quite a good time. We need to let folks know that ordinary people can own and have fun with little boats.

Ben

I was planning on taking some time with my 4-year old to look - but if more participation is needed I could investigate strapping my wee lassie ii (modern strip/glass construction) to my car.

[Hunky Dory]

I was rowing with a guy Friday that said he planed on bringing a waterbug sailboat but I don.t think he is signed up. Send me a pm if you want his contact info. Or tell me who he should talk to.

Bob Lister

[Dusty Yevsky]

One of the possible reasons for the underwhelming response may be the lack of public awareness. The official 2012 WBS site doesn't seem to have any links to the JGSW and certainly doesn't feature it like, say the IBIM event. I wouldn't have known about the JGSW without this thread. The event shows up on the MSM calendar but show attendees may not be aware that the JGSW is happening concurrently.

http://www.thewoodenboatshow.com/index.php

[Thad]

I'm bad and haven't signed up either, but I do mean to be there, I could bring the Burgess tender again. I also have offsets and lofting on three sheets of building paper C. D. Mower's 1898 Sailing Dory for the Swanpscott Club, and have paper molds for the stem, transom (inner and outer faces) and frames, with bevels, if there were any place for such.

[Clinton B Chase]

I think it is important for the moral of the organisers as well as participants that everyone who want to come, even for an hour or a day, register or at least RSVP. Small Boats are too much fun to let them go forgotten. This is about the best way I have seen -- since getting wrapped up in this wonderful mayhem of "little boats" -- of getting others wrapped up in it too. We'll be part and parcel of the Show, an amazing opportunity to see the show by boat as well as learn more about these small boats with many rigs, different planking methods, and various means of propulsion.

See you there.

[Hunky Dory]

I am bringing my Flapjack skiff but am entered in the built it myself class and can't do both . Next year it can be part of the workshop

[rbgarr]

I share this opinion, but won't be at Mystic for any of it anyway. I'm sorry to hear it isn't being well supported. I LOVE using the livery boats at Mystic. If the Cocktail Class events at the WBS get still more firmly established that may be how I get more involved, by building an entry... but I gotta lose more weight to be remotely competitive, so it's a two-fer!!

One of the possible reasons for the underwhelming response may be the lack of public awareness. The official 2012 WBS site doesn't seem to have any links to the JGSW and certainly doesn't feature it like, say the IBIM event. I wouldn't have known about the JGSW without this thread. The event shows up on the MSM calendar but show attendees may not be aware that the JGSW is happening concurrently.

http://www.thewoodenboatshow.com/index.php

[Ben Fuller]

Folks,
If you are planning to come to the show and have a small boat you could bring, do sign up. If it is a whimper then it may well go out. Grumble about the lack of PR which is indeed the case, grumble about not having instant ability to register, people who have the right craft and interest do know about it via this forum and via TSCA. It is an effort, a bigger effort than just coming to the show. But it is a great opportunity to meet like minded people, have some fun and let show goers know that real people can own traditional boats, and they don't have to be varnished or undinged. My ducker built in 78 has never had another coat of paint on the inside; is it worse for it?

There will be a rack of spritsails along with the ducker and a quiver of oars lashed into the North Shore Dory. Come and try them.

[Ben Fuller]

Packing up the trailers for the WoodenBoat show. Hope to see most of you there. I'll be around the beach talking boats doing tours and demos. Help is appreciated.

Ben

[Caede]

I would have no idea about this if it wasn't on this forum and linked in post 2. I just tried to find it off the main page (albeit from my tablet) and got no joy. I'm only coming to the show on Sunday (only recently caught the wooden boat bug and started building a small sailing dinghy), but would love to swing by this. Is there extra registration for it or do we just wander over?

[Thad]

I will be there with the 8' Burgess tender.